Opinion

Tue, 21 Jan 2025, 04:27 am

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Opinion

Sri Lanka: think 2048, act now

THE present stability in the country is taken as an indication that the situation is improving. The law and order, drop in inflation and absence of visible shortages, such as

Partners in doomsday

As Ukraine begins a counter-offensive and Biden’s hawks look on, new rhetoric out of Russia points to a revival of the nuclear threat, writes Seymour Hersh I WAS planning to write

AI, job loss and productivity growth

IT IS really painful to see the regular flow of pieces debating whether AI will lead to mass unemployment. Invariably, these pieces are written as though the author has taken

AI and US 2024 presidential election

ON APRIL 25, to the surprise of absolutely nobody, president Joe Biden confirmed that yes, he is running for re-election. Hardly had the words escaped Biden’s lips before the Republican

Time ripe to end Lanka’s ancient hatreds

THE arrest of parliamentarian and leader of the Tamil National People’s front Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam would be yet another incident that feeds into the sense of unequal treatment of individuals and

Historical conflicts in Manipur

Tribal communities feel that the BJP-led state government is participating in perilous communal politics by backing the Meiteis as ‘Hindus’, against the tribal people who are predominantly Christian, writes Ranjan Solomon

India’s ‘Akahnd Bharat’ map and the rest of us

WHY a state which is run by practical-minded adults, perfectly aware of regional and global sensibilities, would want to do something as painting a mythological map covering much of the

When Thatcher met Mandela

BRITISH officials feared Nelson Mandela would nationalise South Africa’s economy and lobbied him to protect British commercial interests as soon as he gained freedom. The UK’s Foreign Office set out

Vassalage at heart of G7

For Europe, the notion of decoupling from China is inconceivable. In 2022, EU figures show that China was the third-largest partner for goods exported from the region and the largest

IPL, cheergirls et all will kill cricket

CALL me a dinosaur if you like but as an amateur cricket lover I have been firmly averse to Indian Premier League despite peer pressure of friends, family which includes